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Impressions of great naturalists

Chapter 1: IMPRESSIONS OF GREAT NATURALISTS REMINISCENCES OF DARWIN, HUXLEY, BALFOUR, COPE AND OTHERS
By Henry Fairfield Osborn
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The volume collects personal reminiscences and concise biographical sketches of prominent naturalists, explorers, and scientific teachers whom the author encountered or admired. Through portraits of figures such as Darwin, Huxley, Balfour, Cope and several explorers, the author recounts formative influences, teaching methods, and episodes of scientific practice, emphasizing humility, creative vision, and rigorous observation. Interwoven memoir material reflects on education, research habits, and the evolution of scientific thought, and the essays are presented as appreciative, experience-based impressions accompanied by portrait illustrations.

IMPRESSIONS OF
GREAT NATURALISTS

IMPRESSIONS OF GREAT NATURALISTS
REMINISCENCES OF DARWIN, HUXLEY, BALFOUR, COPE AND OTHERS

BY
HENRY FAIRFIELD OSBORN
RESEARCH PROFESSOR OF ZOOLOGY IN COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY; SENIOR GEOLOGIST IN UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
ILLUSTRATED WITH PORTRAITS
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
NEW YORK · LONDON
1924
Copyright, 1913, 1924, by
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
Copyright, 1909, 1924, by SCIENCE
Copyright, 1896, by GINN and COMPANY
Copyright, 1896, 1909, 1913, 1924, by POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY
Printed in the United States of America
TO
THE MEMORY OF
THE NATURALISTS, EXPLORERS, AND AUTHORS
WHOSE CREATIVE LIVES
ARE BRIEFLY TOUCHED UPON HERE
“... those immortal dead who live again
In minds made better by their presence: live
In pulses stirr’d to generosity,
In deeds of daring rectitude, in scorn
For miserable aims that end with self,
In thoughts sublime that pierce the night like stars,
And with their mild persistence urge man’s search
To vaster issues.”
—George Eliot